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Aug 15 2007
WARRINGTON'S Golden Square shopping centre has seen a 90% rise in shoppers since its May relaunch....
Aug 15 2007
Liverpool-based Royal Liver Assurance is to remain independent following the breakdown of merger talks with rival Royal London....
Aug 15 2007
THE new owner of Liverpool’s Metquarter shopping centre spoke yesterday about the reasons behind his company’s acquisition of the property....
Aug 15 2007
CONSTRUCTION firm Rok’s Liverpool office yesterday reported it had a current order book of £40m after winning several significant contracts....
Aug 15 2007
MERSEYSIDE IT and telecommunications provider Nemesis Networks has won a three-year contract worth £250,000 with one of the UK’s biggest portable building manufacturers....
Aug 15 2007
THE Albert Dock Company saw losses rise as the Big Dig took a bite out of its business – but its owner said the dock has a bright future as the “linchpin” of the city’s waterfront area....
Aug 15 2007
CHESHIRE’S NWF Group said it had taken a hit from this year’s dismal weather but was still set for another year of growth....
Aug 15 2007
MANY firms have fallen into foreign hands, but Tony McDonough traces a special one...
Aug 15 2007
THE takeover spotlight has fallen on insurance firms this week as investors scan updates from a host of major players for clues over consolidation prospects in the sector....
Aug 15 2007
LONG-TERM confidence in the UK’s commercial property sector remains high despite a big increase in the amount of money taken out of specialist investment funds in recent months....
Aug 15 2007
LIVERPOOL city centre’s business district is facing a growing problem over what to do with its older office space, according to a leading commercial property agent....
Aug 15 2007
HOMEOWNERS breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after a sharp decline in inflation boosted the case for the Bank of England to freeze interest rates a little longer....
Aug 15 2007
CENTRAL banks across the world have withdrawn most of the extra cash pumped into markets since last week’s credit squeeze panic as the global financial system attempted to return to some form of normality....
Aug 15 2007
FRANK McKENNA is the founder and chairman of political lobbying company and business club Downtown Liverpool In Business (DLIB). This was his day....
Aug 15 2007
A CHESHIRE consulting firm has landed a key contract to ensure the new £20m Leeds-Liverpool Canal extension along the city’s waterfront is completed on time and within budget....
Aug 15 2007
Not only is the above organisation not too popular with most of the citizens of Liverpool, thanks to its bid to cancel the Mathew Street festival, but apparently they’re not always flavour of the month with other city council colleagues....
Aug 15 2007
GROWTH of business activity in the North West private sector moved further ahead of the UK average in July, accelerating for the sixth consecutive month to the highest rate since April 2006, according to the latest study by the Royal Bank of Scotland....
Aug 15 2007
SMALL and medium-sized manufacturers have reported the highest rate of growth in domestic orders since 1997, and continue to enjoy firm demand overall, according to the CBI's latest quarterly SME survey....
Aug 15 2007
SOFTWARE developed by a Wirral company has caught the eye of computer giant Apple and is now being developed for use with Apple’s iMovie....
Aug 15 2007
THE Merseyside Property Forum (MPF) has appointed Stuart Keppie as its new chairman....
Aug 15 2007
COMMERCIAL property agency Mason Owen has promoted four of its Liverpool-based staff....
Aug 15 2007
A REFURBISHED period office property in the heart of Liverpool’s Georgian Quarter is being offered to let by property consultancy Knight Frank....
Aug 15 2007
THREE major refurbished office buildings have been unveiled right in the heart of Grosvenor's £1bn Liverpool One scheme....
Aug 15 2007
THE last month has seen a rising tide of negative sentiment towards commercial property in the North West....
Aug 15 2007
TWO-THIRDS of Liver- pool small businesses believe they could be bankrupted by the cost of an employment tribunal, a survey for an employment law consultancy has revealed....
Aug 15 2007
NORTH West-based business IT services specialists TSG North, part of national firm Technology Services Group (TSG), has appointed Mark Wood as the new managing director for the region....
Aug 15 2007
OFFICE furniture supplier Dams International has announced a major expansion of its UK delivery network....
Aug 15 2007
A “SCHOOL sports day” to celebrate Liverpool’s 800th birthday has proved so popular with Merseyside businesses that it has been expanded....
Aug 15 2007
A DEAL to sell a North West-based furniture business to a Norwegian private equity fund has been completed....
Aug 15 2007
LIVERPOOL property firm The Venmore Partnership has handed over the keys to the first customers at its Cyprus office....
